JP2003208780A - Apparatus and method for ejecting/loading tray of optical disk player - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method of ejecting/loading a tray of an optical disk player using a digitizer connected to a personal computer or a keyboard even though an EJECT button is not installed on a control panel of an optical disk. <P>SOLUTION: The method of ejecting/loading a tray of an optical disk player includes: a step of storing an optical disk control program to be installed in a personal computer into in the optical disk player to control ejecting/loading of the tray; a step of installing the optical disk control program stored in the optical disk player to the personal computer when the optical disk player is connected to the personal computer; and a step of monitoring keyboard entry through the optical disk control program and applying an EJECT command of opening the tray or a LOAD command to close the tray to the optical disk player in response to the entry of a predetermined key combination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tray opening / closing control device for an optical disc player connected to a personal computer, and more particularly to a disc opener control device for an optical disc player by a digitizer or keyboard connected to the personal computer without installing an EJECT button on the control panel of the optical disc. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and apparatus capable of opening and closing a tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are two types of methods for loading or unloading an optical disk from an optical disk player connected to a personal computer. One is to use the EJECT button installed on the control panel of the optical disc player, and the other is to use EJECT, which is application software executed on a personal computer like Windows Media Player (trademark).
Applying the / LOAD command.

According to the former method, the EJECT button must be installed on the optical disc player, which is a factor that hinders the degree of freedom in designing the optical disc player.

According to the latter method, an application program capable of controlling the optical disk player must be installed in the personal computer, but such an application program is AUD.
It can be used only when it is an optical disc having multimedia files such as IO-CD and VIDEO-CD.

Generally, when the application program is not operating, the tray of the optical disc player is opened by the EJECT button and the optical disc is loaded into the tray and then the tray is pushed in or the EJECT button is pushed to insert the tray. .

On the other hand, when the application program is operating, the EJECT button or EJECT / LOAD
Opens and closes the tray on command.

If the application program is not installed or the optical disk has a file that is not in the multimedia format, the opening and closing of the tray cannot be controlled by the application program, so the EJECT button installed on the operation panel of the optical disk. I have no choice but to use.

As described above, according to the conventional optical disc player tray opening / closing method, it is almost inevitably required to install the EJECT button on the operation panel, so that the degree of freedom in design is limited and the cost is burdened. There is a problem.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a method for opening and closing a tray of an optical disk player through a digitizer or a keyboard. .

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus suitable for the above method.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an optical disk player suitable for the above method.

[0012]

A tray opening / closing control method of an optical disk player according to the present invention for achieving the above object is an optical disk control program which is connected to a personal computer and controls opening / closing of a tray of an optical disk player. A step of storing in the player, a step of installing the optical disc control program stored in the optical disc player in the personal computer when the optical disc player is connected to the personal computer, a keyboard input is monitored through the optical disc control program, and a specific key or combination If a key is input, a process of applying an EJECT command for opening the tray or a LOAD command for closing the tray to the optical disk player in response to the input of the key is included.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical disc player tray opening / closing control device which stores an optical disc control program for controlling opening / closing of an optical disc player tray in an internal memory. A computer that reads and installs the optical disc control program from the optical disc player when the optical disc player is connected, and a keyboard that applies an operation command of the computer, the optical disc control program monitors keyboard input, When a specific key or combination key is input, an EJECT command to open the tray of the optical disk player or a LOA to close the tray is input in response to the input.
It is characterized in that the D command is applied.

An optical disk player according to the present invention for achieving the above still another object comprises a tray for loading an optical disk by an opening / closing operation, a microprocessor and a memory, and the optical disk player is a computer in the memory. An optical disk control program installed as an application program of the computer when connected to the computer, monitors keyboard input, and controls opening and closing of the tray in response to input of a specific key or combination key. The microprocessor controls the optical disc control program stored in the memory to be installed in the computer when the optical disc player is connected to the computer.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure and operation of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a conventional optical disk control device. A tray 102 and a control panel 104 are installed on the front surface of the optical disc player 100. The control panel 104 has a volume control volume 104a, an operation instruction LED 104b, an emergency ejection hole 104c, and an EJECT button 104.
d is installed.

The EJECT button 104d is the tray 102.
Provided to open and close to perform a toggle action. That is, each time the EJECT button 104d is pressed, the tray 10
2 opens and closes.

After the optical disc is loaded into the optical disc player 100, the computer receives an operation command from the personal computer and reads the data recorded on the optical disc or records the data on the optical disc.

An emergency take-out button (not shown) is installed inside the emergency take-out hole 104c.
When the tray 102 is not operated by the ECT button 104d, for example, the tray 102 is not supplied with power.
It corresponds to when trying to open.

Therefore, the EJECT button 104d is not used when power is not applied to the optical disk player, and if the EJECT button 104d is installed, it causes a decrease in productivity and an increase in price due to an increase in the number of parts.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method of controlling opening / closing of the optical disk player according to the present invention.

First, an optical disk control program which is connected to a personal computer and controls opening and closing of the tray of the optical disk player is stored in the optical disk player (S20).
2). Such an optical disc control program is read and installed in the personal computer when the optical disc player is connected to the personal computer. plug & p
In an optical disk player that supports lay, such a function is used because a personal computer automatically installs a drive driver, an application program, and the like.

Next, when the optical disc player is connected to the personal computer, the optical disc control program stored in the optical disc player is installed in the personal computer (S2).
04). The optical disk control program operates when a specific command is applied from a digitizer such as a mouse or a keyboard, and controls the opening / closing of the tray.

There are two methods for opening and closing the tray. One is by clicking the icon placed on the desktop, and the other is by a specific key or combination key. According to the former method, when the icon is clicked with a digitizer such as a mouse, the optical disk control program operates, and in the latter method, the optical disk control program operates when a combination key such as shift + p is input through the keyboard.

When the icon is clicked or a specific key or a combination key is input, the tray of the optical disk player is opened / closed in response thereto (S206).

The optical disk control program is Windows
s (registered trademark) (Microsoft (registered trademark) company)
It is executed when an OS (Operating System) such as is driven, and is always in a standby state.

The optical disk control program monitors the keyboard input and operates when a preset key or combination key is input to open or close the tray of the optical disk player.

The personal computer applies a control command to the optical disc player by the ATAPI command protocol, and the optical disc player opens and closes the tray according to the control command.

EJ by ATAPI command protocol
The formats of the ECT instruction and the LOAD instruction are as follows. The EJECT command is a command to open the tray, and the LOAD command is a command to close the tray.

EJECT command: 1B 00 00 00 0
2 00 00 00 00 00 00 0000 00 LOAD Instruction: 1B 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00
00 00 00 0000 00

Such an ATAPI command is generated by the optical disc player control program, and the optical disc player generates the ATAPI command in response to the click of an icon or the input of a specific key or a combination key.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the optical disc control program.

When the computer is booted, the OS is driven, and the OS drives the optical disc control program.

The optical disc control program waits for a key input (S302).

If a key is entered through the keyboard,
Specific key or combination key, eg shift + p
It is checked whether or not is input (S304). If it is not a specific key or combination key, the process returns to step S302.

When a specific key or combination key is input, the current state of the tray is checked (S30).
6).

The EJECT command and the LOAD command are applied after checking the current operation state of the optical disk player.

1. Not performed when the optical disk drive is in operation (BUSY). For example, when the optical disk drive is performing READ, WRITE, AUDIO PLAY, etc., the EJECT / LOAD command is ignored. 2. Even in the tray lock state, the EJECT / LOAD command is ignored. 3. In the tray EJECT state, the LOAD command is applied. 4. In the tray LOAD state, the EJECT command is applied.

When the optical disk player is not in the BUSY state or the tray lock state, EJECT /
It is determined to apply the LOAD command (S308).

An ATAPI command is generated and applied to the optical disk drive (S310, S312).

The operation is terminated and the process returns to step S302 (S3).
14).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the optical disk player opening / closing device according to the present invention. The optical disc player 400 does not have an EJECT button and has an internal optical disc player control program that can be installed in a personal computer.

The optical disk player 400 is connected to the personal computer 412 through the connection connector 410. A keyboard 414 and a monitor 416 are connected to the personal computer 412.

The optical disc player 400 has a tray 40
2 and the control panel 404 are installed. Control panel 40
4 is a volume control volume 404a, operation instruction lamp 4
04b and an emergency ejection hole 404c are installed.

The optical disc player 400 is the personal computer 41.
The optical disc player control program stored in the internal memory of the optical disc player 400 when it is connected to the personal computer 412 is installed in the personal computer 412.

Once the optical disc player control program is installed in the personal computer 412, the keyboard 41
4 to a specific key or combination key, eg shif
By pressing the t + p key, the optical disc player 4
00 tray 402 can be opened and closed.

The optical disc player control program monitors the contents input from the keyboard 414, and applies an EJECT / LOAD command to the optical disc player 400 when a specific key or a combination key is input.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration in which the optical disc control program stored in the optical disc player shown in FIG. 4 is installed in a personal computer. Optical disc player 4
00 has a microprocessor 502 and a memory 5 inside.
04 is installed. The tray is not shown separately in FIG. The microprocessor 502 reads the optical disc player control program stored in the memory 502 when the optical disc player 400 is installed in the personal computer 412 shown in FIG. 4, and provides it to the personal computer 412.

The personal computer 412 is the optical disc player 40.
The optical disc player control program transmitted from 0 is installed as an application program.

[0049]

As described above, according to the optical disc player tray opening / closing control method of the present invention, since the tray of the optical disc player can be opened / closed by using the keyboard or the digitizer, it is not necessary to install the EJECT button on the optical disc player. . Therefore, there is an effect that the productivity of the optical disc player is increased and the production cost is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of a conventional optical disc player.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a tray opening / closing control method of an optical disc player according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of an optical disc player control program.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an opening / closing control device for an optical disc player according to the present invention.

5 is a view showing a configuration of installing an optical disc control program stored in the optical disc player shown in FIG. 4 on a personal computer.

[Explanation of symbols]

400 optical disc player 402 tray 404 control panel 404a Sound adjustment volume 404b Operation instruction lamp 404c Emergency exit hole 410 connection connector

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A process of storing, in an optical disc player, an optical disc control program connected to a personal computer to control opening and closing of a tray of the optical disc player, and the optical disc stored in the optical disc player when the optical disc player is connected to the personal computer. A process of installing the control program on a personal computer and monitoring keyboard input through the optical disc control program, and opening a tray of the optical disc player in response to input of a specific key or combination key EJ
And a step of applying an ECT command or a LOAD closing command to close the tray. 2. The optical disk control program is an EJ every time the shift + p key is input from the keyboard.
2. The tray opening / closing control method for an optical disk player according to claim 1, wherein an ECT command or a LOAD command is applied. 3. The optical disk control program is configured so that the optical disk player is capable of performing PLAY, WRITE, AUDIO even if the shift + p key is input from the keyboard.
3. The tray opening / closing control method for an optical disk player according to claim 2, wherein this is ignored in the PLAY state. 4. The optical disc control program causes the optical disc player to play, write, and output even if a specific combination key is input from a keyboard.
The tray opening / closing control method for an optical disc player according to claim 1, wherein the tray state is ignored in the LAY state. 5. The optical disc player control program displays a specific icon on a monitor screen connected to the personal computer, and opens an optical disc player according to whether or not the icon is clicked. The method according to claim 1, further comprising applying a closing LOAD command. 6. The optical disk player according to claim 5, wherein the optical disk control program ignores the icon when the optical disk player is in a PLAY, WRITE or AUDIO PLAY state even if the icon is clicked. Tray opening and closing control method. 7. An optical disc player storing an optical disc control program for controlling opening and closing of a tray in an internal memory, and when the optical disc player is connected, the optical disc control program is read from the optical disc player and installed. A computer and a keyboard for applying an operation command of the computer are provided, and the optical disk control program monitors keyboard input and opens the tray of the optical disk player in response to a specific key or a combination key being input.
A tray opening / closing control device for an optical disk player, which applies a CT command or a LOAD command for closing the tray. 8. The optical disk control program is an EJ each time the shift + p key is input from the keyboard.
The tray opening / closing control device for an optical disk player according to claim 7, wherein an ECT command or a LOAD command is applied. 9. The optical disk control program is configured such that the optical disk player is capable of performing PLAY, WRITE, AUDIO even if the shift + p key is input from the keyboard.
9. The tray opening / closing control device for an optical disc player according to claim 8, wherein the tray opening / closing control device ignores the PLAY state. 10. The optical disc control program causes the optical disc player to play, write, and audio even if a specific combination key is input from a keyboard.
8. The tray opening / closing control device for an optical disc player according to claim 7, wherein the tray opening / closing control device is ignored when in the PLAY state. 11. The optical disc player control program displays a specific icon on a monitor screen connected to the personal computer, and opens an optical disc player according to whether or not the icon is clicked. 8. The tray opening / closing control device of the optical disk player according to claim 7, further comprising a step of applying a closing LOAD command. 12. The optical disc player according to claim 11, wherein the optical disc control program ignores the icon when the optical disc player is in a PLAY, WRITE or AUDIO PLAY state even if the icon is clicked. Tray opening and closing control device. 13. A tray for loading / unloading an optical disk by an opening / closing operation, a microprocessor, and a memory, wherein the memory is installed as an application program of the computer when the optical disk player is connected to the computer. An optical disk control program for monitoring keyboard input and controlling opening / closing of the tray in response to a specific key or combination key input is stored, and the microprocessor connects an optical disk player to a computer. An optical disk player, which controls an optical disk control program stored in the memory so as to be installed in the computer when the optical disk is stored.